Mumblings & grumblings: Politics, crime, and other assorted notions occupying my thoughts as I muddle through late middle age.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Of Birth Certificates, Pain and Citizenship

This post from Crooks & Lairs is from Baratunde Thurston and it addresses the spectacle of a seated US President putting up his birth certificate because a bunch of racist pigs, including Donald Trump refuse to believe he is a citizen. The truth, to them, must be false simple because our President is black. They're cowards and worse. But today was shameful in so many ways. Mr. Thurston's passionate statement is a must hear commentary:

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It flabbergasts me that anyone is taking that comb-over ass-wipe Trump seriously about anything. And what a sad commentary that a president who has done nothing but devote his entire self to making things work better in this country has had to submit to such ridiculous nonsense. What the hell have we come to?

About Me

I'm now 62. I have a background in sociology, history and literature. I'm a voracious reader and intermittent diarist who discovered blogging a few years ago. I am a moderate-to-liberal Democrat and am very concerned about the divide and increasing tribalism in American society. I've been married to my dear husband for 31 years as of Dec. 21st, 2016.

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